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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1922
Page
3
The Larkin D. Watson chapter U D C will host a Valentine rock party at their club rooms on Friday with both afternoon and evening sessions. Admission is 25 cents per player, proceeds go to support the chapter. Festive decorations will accompany ice cream and cake for attendees.
A birthday party for Master Harold White drew about twenty children with a valentine theme and games. The Woman's Club of Jackson hosts a February meeting with Mrs. Wooten speaking on conservation of women’s work. The William McIntosh chapter D A R held its February meeting with talks on citizenship and an upcoming rock party. Various local residents are reported visiting, traveling, or attending events, with notes on trips and family visits.
The program concluded with a delicious sweet course and coffee. For the March meeting, Mrs. J. D. Jones and Mrs. H. W. Dodson will lead with Mrs. L. D. Watson, Sr., and Mrs. H. W. Copeland directing the program.
The Frances Willard Memorial service scheduled for Friday February 10 is postponed to a later date. The Progress-Argus Program Committee will issue further notices.
Mrs Otis ball returns from Conyers. Col J T Moore visits Macon. Ina McMichael stays with Mrs R T Cooper in Cochran. Sara Lester comes from Macon for a weekend at home. Mrs J W Moore in Atlanta with daughter Mrs John Johnson. J H Carmichael Jr to Birmingham for weeks. J H and F S Carmichael in Atlanta on business. Dr Robert VanDeventer recovering. First Baptist pastor. Mrs C W Buchanan in Atlanta for sister J O Beauchamp illness. A A Howell goes to Atlanta for son Harry Howell recovering from operation. Dr and Mrs P M Wise and son of Covington visiting Woodwards. Wise to enter Birmingham moving picture business. Annie Webb and Jessie Jones to Athens for North Georgia Methodist convention. A A Howell in Atlanta. Harry Howell recovering at home. Mr and Mrs Walter Wilson entertain with Adiel Berry of McDonough visiting family and Miss Mildred Wilson Kate Ham Fielder Jones.
An two week campaign by two churches gathers eight or nine hundred people in pursuit of deeper church life and higher morals. The effort stresses brotherhood, the Golden Rule, and restoring public virtue, with emphasis on morning store services and weekly publicity items.
Mrs J O Beauchamp widow of the late J O Beauchamp dies after illness in Atlanta at the home of her daughter Mrs W A Winn She was reared in Butts county a charter Daughters of the Confederacy member and Methodist church figure Funeral held at Jackson Methodist Church with Rev J R Jordan directing pallbearers named and burial in Jackson cemetery Survived by three children ten grandchildren five brothers and four sisters.
An aspirin advertisement stresses buying only Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer name on packaging. It notes aspirin treats colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and that genuine tablets come in handy twelve‑count tins and larger packages from druggists. The Bayer trademark is identified as monoacetylsalicylic acid ester.
In a Sunday Presbyterian note a prophet of thrift suggests corn could fetch a dollar a bushel if marketed through cattle hogs and poultry. The piece mentions regular church services on February 12 with morning and evening worship and quotes a price of forty cents per bushel as too cheap.
In New York counterfeit 2 cent postage stamps have appeared for the first time since 1895. A local collector received one of the new counterfeits today. The engraving is the first known instance, following two earlier typographed forgeries from twenty seven years ago.
A two night presentation titled Road to London plays at the Jackson Theater on February 10 and 11. The event features local performers in a travel themed show with a likely emphasis on community arts.
Diamond Dyes claim to revive worn skirts waists coats stockings and draperies with neon fadeless colors. Each package includes simple directions and a guarantee not to streak, spot, fade or run.
A weekend show lands at the Jackson Theater Friday and Saturday February 17 and 18. The film invites audiences to catch the new release staged in a classic movie house setting with local patrons urged to see it without fail.
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